The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-01-20
houses instead of few, as is the cases
in many parts of Europe.

on circumstances. bltumlDOua coal Is
| abundant and cheap in all the western
| and most of the southern states. 1t is
easily ignited and produces a large
amount of heat. Exper; ment has dem
omstrated that it is the cheapest fuel for
generating steam in locomotives and
stationary engines 1t is in many re-
spects an economical fuel for use in
| farm houses, but there are very great
objections to it. 1t is dirty to handle.
Burned n an open crate, it Is likely to
throw off so much smoke which passes
up the chimney uncOmsumed. Dur ng
unfavorable weather much coal smoke
passes from an open fire into the room.
1t vitiates the air that is taken into the
lungs and soils everything it come. in
contact with. 1t discolors books. wall
paper, and the ceilings of rooms. 1t
penetrates closets and drawers and soils
| their contents. 1t deposits SCOT and
| tar in Oh mnevs and renders them dan
gerous 1t is difficult to burn common
bitnminous coal in y cooking or heating
stove and not suffer from the annoy
ance of smoke and vile gases. The
use of soft coal makes it necessary to
employ the frying kettle instead of the
| gridiron in cooking meals.
Anthracite coal is open to few objec-
tons. Burned in an open CRATE or a
properly constructed stove it produces
a steady heat and throws off no smoke.
A fire of hard coal is somewhat hard to
kindle, bat it will "keep'' long time.
With properly constructed stove there
is no necessity for having the fire go
out or becoming low for a period Of
weeks or even months. 1t is clearly to
| handle, does not attract moisture, and
produces but small amount of ash.
1t is the favorite fuel for domestic pur-
poses in large towns and cities for
many reasons. 1t is easily stored, re-
quires no preparations before it is used,
and it's combust on does not result in
soiling the house or anything it con-
tains. However excellent wood may be
as fuel its use will no longer be general
in large towns, A large space is re-
CURED for storing it. and in a city
| space, even in the open air, is eXpen-
sive. As it is bulky, it is costly to
transport in cars and boats. Yard or
dock room for it is expensive. The
cost OF saving and splitting wood in 4
CITY is large. If the work is done in a
woodward customers have no assur-
ance that they get the amount they pay
| for. As rule they have no room on
/ their own premises for preparing cord
wood for the fireplace or stove.
Few western farmers, however. can
use anthracite coal for cooking pur-
poses or for heating their dwellings
i he cost of transporting it is too
| great. They must accordingly choose
| between btuminous coal and wood. Ii
there are no trees on their own land or
! in the neighborhood where they live.
they are compelled to use soft coal till
| trees can be raised. Few will question
the advisability of rails NC a supply OF
wood at the earliest period possible. A
good wood lot serves TO make farmer
! independent in the matter of fuel. 1t
saves large sum every year. 1t adds
to the beauty and comfort of the farm.
1t attracts song-birds and breaks the
| force of the winds. 1t furn shes a
pleasant retreat during the summer.
A farmer with wood lot of his own
can have supply of the best tuel with
out the expenditure of money. He can
chop wood at times when he has no
!
| to the house when there is nothing for
his teams to do. He can prepare it for
the stove and fireplace during the w H.
| ter, or at other times when he can not
work in the fields. A good wood lot
furnishes security against anxiety when
roads are impossible and the supply OF
coal at the nearest town exhausted. Ii
saves trouble. care, and money. 1t
permits ease, contentment,an and comfort.
Well-prepared seasoned wood is the
best fuel for cooking purposes durin g
warm weather when it is not desirable
to have the house made warm. 1t is
easily kindled, and the fire it makes
will become extnguished soon after
the meal is prepared. With common.
alright stoves. which are inexpensive.
sleeping rooms may be kept comforta-
BILE during the winter with very little
trouble. Quite large blocks of wood
can be burned in them. By closing
the draft fire can be kept in one of
these stoves over night without trouble
and with very little expense. Sittihg
and Iiving-rooms can be heated in a
very satisfactory manner by the use OF
these stoves. They produce no dirt OIL
smoke and do not vitiate the air. They
are not cheerful, but the common soft
coal stove is not. If a farmer raises
his own wood he can afford to have al
least one open fire in his house during
the winter season. This will insure a
cheerful room. Large logs, knots. and
even portions of stumps can be burned
in an open fireplace. An open wood
fire is luxury which any farmer can
enjoy if he takes the trouble to plant
trees White wood. silver-leaved pop
lars. and willow trees will grow from
cuttings and will furnish fuel in few
years from the time they are stuck in
to the soil. Chicago Times.